Chapter 20: The Yin and Yang Road
"Robbery... Robbed back? I looked at Master in a daze.
"Yes." Master nodded.
"It's... That's scary, isn't it? Xiaoqing swallowed, "Isn't Yin Difference black and white impermanence, the kind that asks for life and catches ghosts, and robs my father back from them, the realistic version of "The Legend of the New White Lady"?" Ah Leng doesn't have Bai Suzhen's ability, so don't go, what if he is also arrested? My dad..."As she spoke, Xiao Qing's voice choked, she looked at the old man lying in the 'spoon bucket' of the Seven Star Lantern Array, rubbed her eyes and choked up, "If you really can't save my dad, then there's no way, don't let Ah Leng take this risk..."
I originally thought that at this juncture, this Xiaoqing is still talking nonsense, and she really owes scolding. But when she said it, it turned out that she was thinking about my safety, and would rather her father die than me to take risks, and I couldn't help but feel hot and a little moved.
"Good girl." Master comforted her and said, "Reality and legend are different, 'yincha' is just a name, as I said just now, the so-called 'yincha' is actually a kind of power, the power that summons people's souls into the earth, although I don't know whether this power is tangible or intangible, but it will never be the legendary black and white impermanence. It's dangerous, but we've dug up your grandfather's bones, and now we're all set, so we're just going to give it a try, no matter what..."
"Master." Morningstar whispered.
"Huh? What's wrong Xing'er? Master asked gently.
Morning Star glanced at the old man and asked suspiciously, "After the old man dies, the soul will be collected as soon as he leaves the body, isn't it okay, why do you have to rob it?" β
"Of course not." Master smiled bitterly, "Birth, old age, sickness and death, there is a fixed number, just after a person dies, what comes out of the body is only a wandering spirit, a kind of scattered spirit, on the way to the earth, this spirit will gather together and become a ghost." Only the ghost that has been robbed back can be returned to the body, and the wandering soul is not allowed..."
"Then, I'll go with Ah Leng, can I?" Morningstar asked.
Master shook his head, "No. β
Looking at the concerned eyes of Morning Star and Xiaoqing, a sense of pride surged up from my heart.
"Master, I'll go." I said calmly, "Sue me, how can I rob the old man's soul back?" β
The master took out a piece of rune paper, wrote the old man's birthday on the back, then pricked the old man's index finger, squeezed a drop of finger blood in the middle of the rune paper, folded it, and ordered me to put it close to my chest and put it in my arms. Then, Master told me that after death, ghosts are basically not willing to enter the earth, and they will compete with the power that summons them into the earth, that is, the 'yincha'. In fact, this kind of 'countervailing power' is often referred to as 'resentment'. The reason why some powerful ghosts can't enter the reincarnation of the earthly household is because the resentment is too heavy, and the 'yin difference' can't restrain them. This old man also has resentment after his death, but after all, he is old, and he will not die of murder, so he will not become a powerful ghost. However, the confrontation between 'resentment' and 'yin' will slow down his entry into the household. In other words, on the way to Jihu, he will walk very slowly, and I can catch up with him with my feet. When I catch up with him, I feel the rune paper on my chest go cold...
Everyone didn't even dare to come out of the atmosphere, and quietly listened to the master's narration.
"Well, then what about Master?" I asked.
"Then..."The master took out a stack of rune papers and gave it to me, "You have to rush ahead of the old man, line up these rune papers, and block his way..." β
I silently sorted out what Master had said in my heart.
"Do you remember them all?" Master asked.
"Hmm." I nodded.
Master looked at his watch, "It's ten minutes away, so come here." β
We followed Master to the old man who was lying on the bed. The old man's chest rose and fell one by one, his eyes opened a thin line, the cloudy pupils slowly rolled in it, his mouth opened slightly, and with his breathing, scattered white gas overflowed from time to time, and the whole person looked very pitiful.
"How do you feel, old man?" Master leaned into his ear and said, not at all.
Xiaoqing covered her mouth tightly, and tears fell down. Morningstar grabbed her arm, his mouth close to her ear, not sure what he was trying to soothe her.
"Wait a minute." The Master whispered, "After the old man passed away, as his relatives, you should cry out loudly to the West, so that his soul will know that he is dead, and will you remember the journey to the west?" β
Xiaoqing's family of three nodded at the same time. Time passed minute by minute, and suddenly, the old clock hanging on the wall in the main room rang out, and it was time!
At this time, the old man, who had not responded, suddenly opened his eyes wide, opened his mouth, and a 'ho-ho' sound came out of his throat.
"Dad! Xiaoqing and her brother cried at the same time.
The old man's body was straight, and his fingers were spasmodically clutching the quilt, looking painful.
"Masterβ" I couldn't bear to look at it anymore.
"Hold your breath." Master said.
After about a minute, saliva flowed down the corners of the old man's mouth, his two eyes were like two extinguished lights, gradually losing their brilliance, scratching the quilt more and more slowly, and finally stopped...
"Cry!" Master shouted.
"Dad! β¦β
"Old man! β¦β
The voice of mourning floated over the entire courtyard, and suddenly, the lamp on the right above the old man's head seemed to be blown by the wind, and the flames trembled suddenly.
"Master..."
"The old man's soul is gone." Master said, "Leng'er, go ahead, walk east for five minutes, and then west." β
"Hmm!" I 'hula' and stood up.
Morningstar also stood up with me, rubbed his eyes and said, "Ah Leng, be careful..."
I didn't care about the presence of Master them, nodded, leaned down, kissed Morning Star on the cheek, and left the hospital. Soon, the crying was left behind me.
I walked out of the alley in a few moments, and came to the east-west road closest to Xiaoqing's house. Due to the lack of electricity and the cold weather, the residents of the county have already slept. On both sides of the road, buildings rise high and low in the darkness, and shops close their doors, and their signs seem to be wrapped in a dirty white cloth.
There wasn't even a single car on the road, just my own footsteps, echoing with a 'tom-tom'. According to Master's instructions, I looked at the time on my phone and walked east for five minutes. Then, quickly turn around and head west. The wind stopped at some point, and the air was so cold that it seemed to solidify, and when it was sucked into the nose, it was like a lot of small knives stabbing around. I don't know where the old man's ghost has gone at the moment...
I gritted my teeth and walked towards the darkness in the distance. As I walked, I felt the rune paper on my chest intently, and after walking for a full twenty minutes, the rune paper never became cold, but I was already sweating, panting, and the white gas that spewed out of my mouth was a meter long.
After walking for about five or six minutes, I left the county seat, crossed a small stone bridge, and an intersection appeared in front of me. Standing at the crossroads, I looked into the fields near me, and said to myself, didn't the old man take this road? β¦
Thinking like this, my eyes fell on the road due west, and suddenly there seemed to be a faint fog drifting on the road... A thought crossed my mind... Yin-Yang Road, this should be the Yin-Yang Road to 'Dihu'...
I took a deep breath, calmed down, and walked the road due west. It's a gravel road, and it's scary. After walking for a while, I suddenly had a trance-like feeling, and I felt that the sound of my footsteps seemed to become extremely far away, and I did not come out at all. In addition to this, I also feel that from time to time something flashes past me, I don't know if it is a psychological effect.
As I walked like this, suddenly, I felt a sudden chill in my chest, and in a startled way, I stopped and looked around with wide eyes... I couldn't see anything, but I knew that the old man must be here, maybe standing next to me...
Thinking of Master's words, I raised my feet and ran forward, running for hundreds of meters in one breath, and beyond that was the field, from where the road turned north. The talisman paper on my chest was no longer cold, I bent down and stroked my chest and gasped twice, and when I raised my eyes, I saw something in the field in the distance, like an open door... All of a sudden, the door of the brain 'buzzes', could it be that the entrance to the 'landlord'? Before I could see what it was, it vanished...
I suppressed the strong curiosity in my heart, turned around, took out the stack of rune paper that Master had given me from my pocket, one by one, and laid them side by side on the roadway, like building a wall of rune paper to cut off the road. I squatted on the side of the 'rune paper wall', pulled out the red rope, breathed very slowly, and waited quietly. I thought to myself, Master said, let me put the yin cha over, and take the old man back with a red rope, but what is the yin cha? β¦ From Master's words, I feel like he doesn't know either. What if the yin cha is also a ghost-like thing, and I take it back and let the old man go, what should I do? β¦
Thinking like this, suddenly, I felt like I had been pricked by a needle in my chest, and then, a chill instantly spread from my chest to my whole body, and they came...
My heart was pounding, and my eyes widened and I couldn't see anything. There was a deathly tranquility all around, and although the road was lined with wilderness, I had the feeling of being caught in the cracks in the wall, breathless...
That's it, I don't know how long it took, the rune paper 'banged', so scared that I almost jumped up, and when I looked at it, I saw a whirlwind-like thing on the other side of the 'rune paper wall'...
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